I have joined some Telegram groups before. When you joined or if you post on the group, you will see some scammers that will send you message to chat with you. Convincing you that they are working in group and the project. But they are all scammers. What I noticed before was that they will give you a fake link and tell you to connect your wallet. If you connect your wallet, I am not sure maybe you will still be the one that will make payment into the scammers address, but I do not think so because victims complained that all the money on their wallet are stolen with the Telegram scam.
So I do not if this malware is truly new or not, but it is worth knowing. Although, it is just like before, if you avoid the fake Telegram groups, you will avoid the malware. Scam Sniffer posted on X that the malware is through a bot. And that it can compromise your crypto wallets and your device.
Whether it is a new malware or not, the key point is that it is a vital shared information so that others who have not learnt about it will be updated and stay cautious on joining telegram groups. Especially those ones that basically discusses about enhancing members opportunities to earn money without going in details the foundation of the organization or platform.
Infact, I am rather preferred not clicking an unknown link because such is a means to make your device vulnerable to scammers.
Even, once I am asked to connect my wallet to the platform, I am immediately twice thinking of malicious intentions and that is even why I am rare to participate on most bounty projects that requires connecting of wallet to enable payment.